Travel chaos is set to continue this weekend as almost 290,000 seats have been cut from bank holiday flight schedules, according to new analysis.
Aviation data company Cirium said around 900 flights due to depart from UK airports between Friday and Tuesday have been removed from schedules since the start of July. Most of the cancellations were caused by staff shortages across the aviation industry, which has led to caps on operations at airports such as Heathrow and Gatwick.
This has disrupted the plans of millions of holidaymakers this summer and sparked a spike in air fares. It comes after staff walkouts across the rail and bus networks have already caused widespread travel disruption across the country in recent weeks.
